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Beach holidays with children are undoubtedly the most fun in summer, but even in autumn or winter, an ordinary Lithuanian likes to go for a few days by the sea, where after the tourist flows have spread, he can take a leisurely walk by the sea, visit a café on Basanavičiaus street. parks. Active families are also happy to ride the well-organized cycle paths, and curious visitors will also visit the most interesting museums in Palanga.
We invite you to rediscover Palanga.
1. Palanga Resort Museum
“Traveling mothers” in Palanga
© Personal album
Palanga Resort Museum is located in one of the most beautiful coastal villages in Lithuania “Anapilis”. The permanent exhibition of the history of Palanga invites the visitor to an interactive journey from the origins of the history of Palanga to the present day.
Four themed rooms have been opened in the museum. The second hall of the Tiškevičius counts presents the initiatives of Tiškevičius in the creation of the town of Palanga since 1824, as well as in the 19th century. vine. – XX a. pr. the architecture of the resort and the most important buildings, the history of the Villa “Anapilis”. The third room of the complex reveals the 19th century. culture and beach fashion, highlighting episodes of tourist prosperity. The Palanga room from the 4th century illustrates the period 1918-2018. the events of the period when the coastal section of Palanga and Šventoji in 1921. Latvia returns to Lithuania, the most important interwar dates, the Soviet era and the present Palanga.
Archaeological finds, documents, photographs, maps, various objects are exhibited, stored in the Palanga complex and other museums and private collections in Lithuania. The exhibition is rich in audiovisual material. Text for interactive maps and raised walls, information booths and tactile albums, games and videos are prepared in Lithuanian, Latvian, English and Russian. Visitors to the museum will find surprises in the hall of mirrors, spectacular sounds of wind organs, and the opportunity to capture retro photographs.
Birutės al. 34A, Palanga
2. Amber Museum of Palanga
“Traveling mothers” in Palanga
© Personal album
It is impossible to imagine Palanga without this museum. Palanga Amber Museum, a division of the Lithuanian Art Museum (LDM), was established in the mansion of Count Feliksas Tiškevičius. It is no coincidence that the Amber Museum was established in this palace. Count Feliksas Tiškevičius was very interested in amber and collected it. XX a. At the beginning of the 19th century, while excavating peat in the coastal marshes, the count collected a unique collection of stone and amber objects from the Bronze Age, which is now on display in the museum as the “Treasure of Palanga”.
The exhibition of the Amber Museum of Palanga – about 5 thousand. exhibits. The showcases contain more than 70 unique pieces of amber (the largest, the so-called “Piedra del Sol”, weighs 3,524 g). The Palanga Amber Museum has one of the largest and most scientifically valuable collections of inclusions in the world (a total of approximately 15 thousand objects.
The museum is actively developing various educational activities: educational classes “Properties of amber”, “Amber and folk medicine”, “Let’s get to know amber with the senses (for visually impaired visitors), lessons, educational walks” Palace of Count Tiškevičius – EF “by the architect Franzas Schwechten – Creator of the Palanga Birutė Park”, “Symbols in the surroundings of the park and the palace” “Tales of the Lion of the Amber Museum” “Speak Fr (in French) in Palanga”.
Vytauto Street 17, Palanga
3. J. Šliūpas Museum
The most colorful of the 19th and 20th centuries. Lithuanian personality, pioneer: Freemason, collector clergyman and initiator of the parish foundation, organizer and editor of the Lithuanian press, industrial promoter, educator, doctor, hygiene promoter, diplomat and first mayor of Palanga. The exhibition presents the main events in the life and activity of J. Šliūpas, presents the most important photographs that reflect the moments of his political activity. The interior of the home of the interwar Lithuanian intellectual was restored into the study and living room of J. Šliūpas. The other part of the exhibition is dedicated to the 19th century. late 20th century. the history of the Lithuanian national movement, the Lithuanian press and the city of Palanga.
Vytauto st. 23a, Palanga
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